PRESENTATION OF CIA BUDGET TO THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS DEFENSE SUBCOMMITTEE (U)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 2006
• Sequence Number: 54
• Publication Date: March 2, 1978
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
.Appropriations Defense Subcommittee (U)
1. Action Requested: Approval of a witness list for
the subject hearing. This memorandum also contains information about
the meeting.
2._. Background: You are scheduled to appear before the
Defense Su a mmittee of the. Senate Appropriations Committee to present
the FY 1979 CIA budget overview at 10:39 a.m. on Friday, 3 March 1978.
3 : 1I Unlike previous years when the Defense Subcommittee
used a six-man group to review intelligence, the entire thirteen-man
Subcommittee has been invited to intelligence hearings this year. This
reflects the new leadership of Senator Warren G. Magnuson as Appropriations
Committee Chairman (he also sits on this group), and of Senator John C .
Stennis as new Defense Subcommittee Chairman. It also puts the Senate
Appropriations overview of intelligence on the same basis as that of the
House Appropriations Committee which has used its full Defense Subcommittee'
for intelligence oversight for the past three years. Since the meeting is on
a Friday morning, attendance may not be very good.
41 II Senator Stennis, of course, is an old hand on intelligence
appropriations as is Senator Milton Young. Senators Proxmire, Inouye
and Stevens served on the Appropriations Committee starting last year.
Although the other members have not had Appropriations Committee exposure
before, George Bush did once brief the Senate Budget Committee, Defense
Task Force, and I am attaching our Memorandum for the Record from that
session as it reflects the interests of Senator Hollings. Senator Case is
one of the members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator
Sparkman is the other, who receives our covert action briefings, and Senator
Schweiker was a member of the Church Committee. Senator Bumpers has
never had a committee assignment with oversight responsibilities. ?
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Acting Legislative Counsel
Presentation of CIA Budget to the Senate
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With this many new people, you may have to spend more time explaining
things. Also, Senator Stennis tends to hold longer hearings than was the
case with Senator McClellan. They may also have a tendency to want to
get off of the budget and into current intelligence about world affairs.
Your best protection against this is to have a prepared presentation of
some length. If the attendance is really small, you can adjust the
presentation as necessary.
r. Recommendation.- It is recommended that you approve
the attacnec Ust of attendees Xor this me(
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Direct?i o CCentr. al Intelligenc e
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